![]() Naturally, Althaea put the log away in a chest and kept it safe for many years. The only time the Fates said anything to a mortal was at the birth of Meleager when they informed his mother Althaea that her son would live until a log, then burning in the hearth, was burnt entirely to ashes. There are, however, two interesting exceptions. True, they are usually portrayed attending the births of both mortals and gods, but, all in all, they rarely need to intervene in anyway whatsoever. ![]() The Fates do not appear that frequently in myths. They helped Zeus even more when they tricked Typhoeus into eating some power-weakening fruits, which they successfully persuaded him to do by convincing him to believe in the opposite. During it, the Fates killed the Giants Agrius and Thoas, clubbing them to death with bronze cudgels. However, the Fates and Zeus seem to have an understanding between each other at all times, their friendship going way back to the Gigantomachy. The Fates Helping Zeus: The Giants and Typhon Just as well, before the duel between Hector and Achilles, the All-Powerful God merely weighs their destinies on his golden scales and learns the outcome, as opposed to having any control over it. Thus, even though at one point during the Trojan War he is aware that his beloved son Sarpedon will die at the hands of Patroclus, Zeus can do nothing to save him. It’s difficult to say whether Zeus had anything to say in the matters of the Fates, but, to the Ancient Greeks, it seems that even he wasn’t able to overrule their decrees.
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